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Raw Chocolate Caramel Slice

by Tenina Holder

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This looks like a bit of fiddle, but even if that was a correct, it would be totally worth every bit of fiddle. I am all about the taste, be it raw or cooked. I am not a big fan of eating anything that, even if it is healthy and going to cure the world of all disease, doesn’t taste good. Not for me the green grass smoothies. (This is why I am such a fan of Crio Bru…it is delicious as well as wildly healthy. You can read all about that here!)

But I digress…this slice is healthy and raw, without tasting ‘raw’. I just love the caramel taste of Maca powder which also is a superfood. You can read about Maca here. I could eat this slice daily, (and did, until it was all gone-ski) but don’t be mis-led into thinking raw is not fattening. This has a high kilojoule rating, without a doubt. Make it at your own peril. You cannot stop at one piece. Enough said.

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Add remaining ingredients into Thermo bowl and blend 1 min/speed 8. Press into a lined 16cm tin and smooth using the MC and a piece of baking paper.

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Freeze for at least an hour before continuing.

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Caramel layer;

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Place drained cashews into Thermo bowl with all other ingredients.

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Blend 1 min/speed 8. Spread on top of the base and return to the freezer until solid, at least an hour.

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Ganache;

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Place all ingredients into Thermo bowl and blend 1 min/37°C/speed 4. Scrape down lid and sides of bowl if needed and continue with process.

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Spread very quickly on top of the filling, as evenly as possible. Return to the freezer until ready to serve.

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Dust with a little cacao powder to garnish and cut with a very hot knife for a clean cut.

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Roasting a vanilla bean;

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To roast a vanilla bean, place 1 or 10 onto a baking tray lined with paper and place into a cold oven set to 200°C. Roast for 10 minutes. Cool before using as directed. They will become quite brittle and will mill easily when roasted. You can do more than one at a time and store them in a Ziploc bag in the pantry. Strictly speaking using a charcoal vanilla bean is not raw, so you can eliminate this step if you want to keep it totally raw. Replace it with the freeze dried vanilla bean instead.

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Who am I?

Tenina Holder is a wife and mum and more recently grandmother, who started cooking for a living back in 2006.

Tenina has become the premium go to source for all thermomix expertise and of course fresh and easy recipes that work. Her cooking classes are sold out in literally hours, her cookbooks frequently appear on the Australian best seller lists and her Spin A Dinner app hovers around on top of the charts.

Her following is growing and global with people as far away as Chile and Kazakhstan loving her books and sending her email! Tenina is not afraid of salt, butter or sugar and believes chocolate is a health food.